Grinding Gear Games announced today that the latest expansion to their award-winning RPG, Path of Exile: Blight, will launch today for the PC, with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions available on Monday,
September 9 (1pm pacific time).

Path of Exile: Blight introduces a new NPC, Sister Cassia, who educates the player about the dangerous fungal grows that are spreading through Wraeclast. These growths infect and control the minds of nearby monsters, but Sister Cassia has built a pump that can drain the ichor from the growths to render them harmless. Players must deploy a range of towers to help protect the pump while it does its work.

As with all Path of Exile expansions, Blight introduces a wide selection of new skills, items and balance changes.including significant revamps to a few key character archtypes; the Necromancer, the Poison Assassin and the Mine Saboteur.

Let's take a look at the official trailer.

Path of Exile Key Features:

Download and play for free, but never pay-to-win

A dark and deep action RPG

Unlimited character combinations with the game's gigantic skill tree

Combine skill gems to create unique combat strategies

Explore a dark and gritty world rendered from a fixed 3D perspective

Explore randomly generated levels for nearly infinite replayability

Craft weapons, magic items and even end-game maps to become more powerful

Cooperate or compete with thousands of other Exiles in a persistent online world